The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-09
MANNING. CLARENDON COUNTY, MARCH 8 1887

man colors-white, black, red-in their
Ioustonholes, and their ladies III an hour
or so had managed to obtain the CORE
spending thing in flowers. This, Of
course, did rot improve matters, and the
ball for the rest Of the evening consisted
largely III couples OF different political
affiliations sweeping past each other and
glowering savagely.
\ similar occurrence happened the
evening of the day when the Germans
triumphantly entered Paris. That was
1T the opera, but the emperor did mot
happen to be present. Remonstrances
and unpleasant scenes are said to have
been quite frequent just about that time
between father and son. However, it
all blew over, and the scenes enacted a
few months later on by the commune in
Paris, as well rs the repeated attempts
on tie lie of his father made by nihilis-
tic conspirators considerably changed
the czarowitz's views and held in check
his sympathies for France, though these
sympathies never wholly died within
and still exist to-day. How much OF a
change time had wrought in Linn was
obviously shown when Alexander Ill,
after the assassination, Of his father
ascended the throne. Thousands in
Russia expected in his proclamation to
his people some promise of larger hber-
ties, and if aot q constitution outright,
at least an assurance from him that the
nation at large, through its representa-
tives, should have voice in making and
unmaking laws and in administering the
finances Of the immense empire. But
neither in that document nor in the pub
ished manifesto Of May i, 1881, did
the new Emperor say word about this.
Quite the contrary, he accentuated his
claims to autocratic power even more
broadly and absolutely than his father
had ever done. Loris Melmkow, q re-
former of mild pattern, was soon given
the go-by likewise and Ignatie appointed
in his place. Schuwalof followed, and
now it is even Tolstoi, q man than whom
there can be nobody better qualified to
crush every liberal aspiration and retard
every sort of progress and popular en-
The present Emperor's
foreign policy is too well known to need
comment, and the fact that he has
thought a trio Of such men as Tolstoi,
De Giers, and Gourkko worthy of the
highest honors and Of his special conf
dence, and ttiilat Kaulbars whom recent
article in this paper sufficiently charac-
terized, has of late likewise found favor
il his eyes and has even been promoted
to the grade of acknowledgement, speaks
volumes.
The family relations OF Alexander III.
have been uniformly pleasant. He is
devoted husband and fond and dutiful
father. From his union with the royal
Dane have sprung four children-three
sons and one daughter. The latter,
Princess Nenia, is now nearly twelve
years OF age, and is lovely, anliable
girl, with blue eyes and fair hair, Of
rare golden tint The eldest son, Nicolas,
was born May IS, 1868, and Is a fine,
sturdy boy. George, the second, was
born in 1871, and Michael in 1878. The
empress is still a charming woman and
wears her forty years with ease 1ld
grace. Though not much Of musician
when she welded the Russian, she per-
fected herself since in order to crafty
his taste for music. The Emperor, how
ever, IS only fond Of line Italian opera
and OF the melancholy, simple airs and
folk-songs Of his country. Dagmar sings
to him even to-day, when she wishes to
please him.